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Russ’s Question: Should I use the ‘Files and Settings transfer’ wizard?

The ‘Files and Settings transfer’ wizard is an easy way to transfer data from an old computer to a new computer. We do find it works best if you install all of the software on the new computer bprior to importing the data from the old.

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Shirley’s Question: Background is black everytime she reboots her computer.

Possible causes:
1) Viruses can cause the background to disappear so check for viruses
2) There is an ease of use option in Vista that removes the background to re-enable follow these steps:
a) Ease of Access CenterĀ  click on “Make the computer easierĀ  to see” link. On the “Make things on the screen easier to see” [...]

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Randy’s Question: Vista or XP for my laptop, which one is right?

The first question is does your laptop have XP drivers available. If it doesn’t then the answer is to keep the Vista.
By contacting the manufacturer or their website you can determine if they have produced drivers for your laptop.
If there are XP drivers then you can reinstall with the XP. Be advised this will not [...]

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Mike’s Question: How do I save Windows Updates if I have to do a reinstall?

There isn’t a built in way to download and save the Windows Updates files, but there are a couple shortcuts that will speed up your reinstall of Windows in the future.
1) Download the latest Service Packs (Service Pack 3 for XP and Service Pack 1 for Vista) This will contain a roll up of the [...]

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